The saying goes that it's the small things in life that count. I'd have to agree. Some times a few extra dollars is worth the extra comfort or convenience or peace of mind in your day to day life. Personally for me, it's worth it to spend a few extra dollars on say toilet paper, to have the comfort of nice toilet paper. Or maybe it's food. I like Ritz/Tollhouse Crackers. To me other brands are disappointing or dissatisfying. It's worth it to me to spend the extra cheddar on crackers. Or in the more spendy arena, good headphones are worth it to me because I get so much use out of them.
So what about you? Do you think it's petty to have standards for bathroom products? Is there anything you have in your life that you could get the same function out of for less money but you adhere to a personal standard of quality on? Maybe it's worth it to you to buy good pillows, or to have good cooking equipment, or to have a good computer or TV. Or maybe it's good pens or fancy socks. The smaller it seems the better.
I don't know about someone who just HAS to have fancy toilet paper. I mean... Ok. Maybe I'd get it for him.
Like at Christmas. Or on his birthday. I could just see it now, "Here you, King Diva... Enjoy your present, sweetie!" and it's like a 108 count, quadruple rolls of 8-ply toilet paper. Maybe I would also need to include a gift certificate to the local All-You-Can-Eat Burrrito Buffet.
Hopefully people will know I'm kidding. I read Willie's post about Angel Soft being designed to break down more efficiently and now I'm rethinking my own preferences as well.
Although I love the fact that typing (on a real keyboard, none of those spawn-of-the-devil touch screens) is so much faster, I still write out a lot of things by hand, and my current writing obsessions are Pilot G-2 gel pens. They cost a bit more than say, a 10-pack of Bics, but man, are they ever worth it. Actually, I'm a bit obsessed with gel pens in general, even though waiting for the ink to dry is kind of a pain. (I would have NEVER survived in the days of writing with bird quills and bottles of ink... SHUDDER.)
I've tried just about every kind of gel pen there is, and these Pilot G-2's are just the bomb. I just wish they came in more color varieties (such as Gelly Roll, which comes in neon, glitter, and even 3-D varieties, but this brand is specialized for scrapbooking.)
A friend of mine bought me some 20-pack rainbow assortment of gel pens for Christmas one year, and I was happy as a clam. They were some of the best I'd ever tried, but unfortunately, they were also some no-name kind that were never to be found again.
And what would pens be without good paper.
I am in love with pens, paper, and writing instruments, and spent many childhood allowances as a kid rummaging through places like Woolworth's, back in the day when, *gasp*, stores actually used to carry stationery in their stationery departments.
Let's all observe a moment of silence for those good old days.
